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- Reviewed on: 08/24/2006
- Released on: 05/01/2006
The control panel has dedicated buttons to switch between fax, scan, and copy tasks; a numeric keypad and quick-dial buttons for faxing; and a group of faxing-oriented buttons, including speed dial, fax resolution, redial/pause, and answer mode. For navigating the menu, there are two scroll buttons, an OK button, and a cancel button. Rounding out the control panel are separate start buttons for black-and-white and color tasks. A two-line LCD helps you navigate the limited menu. Each task has its own menu options, and they are easy to navigate to cover all the bases.
A small panel on the printer opens to reveal the ink tanks. The OfficeJet 4315 uses two tanks: one black and one tricolor tank. A replacement black tank costs $14.99 and, according to HP, the tank prints up to 150 pages. A replacement color tank costs $17.99 and prints up to 140 pages. This comes out to about 10 cents per page for a black-and-white print and nearly 13 cents per page for a color print--expensive, especially for the black-and-white prints. You can bring your black printing costs down to about 8 cents per page by using the high-capacity black tank (double the volume) that costs $17.99 and prints up to 220 pages, though 8 cents per page is still pricey. These numbers are about comparable to those of the Lexmark X3350, but they're higher than the cost per page for the Canon Pixma MP450: 4 cents for black and 11 cents for color.
One major annoyance for us was the setup process for the OfficeJet 4315. Like most printers, it ships with CDs that include drivers and software. Setting up a printer is usually a matter of inserting the CD, clicking through a few options, and connecting the printer. Normally, this takes less than 5 minutes. With the OfficeJet 4315, though, this is a lengthy, 20-minute process--for the express install, no less (woe to anyone who chooses the full install). Luckily, this is mostly a hands-off process, but it's still ridiculously long. Both Mac and Windows operating systems are supported.
The HP OfficeJet 4315 has limited features, which reflects its $100 price. When copying, you can make up to 80 copies and scale from 25 percent to 200 percent. When printing photos, you'll have to do so from your PC, as the OfficeJet 4315 lacks a PictBridge port and media card slots. You can make a couple of minor adjustments to photos directly from the print menu, such as remove red-eye or optimize the lighting. You can also print borderless 4x6 photos. The fax function boasts the most options. The machine can store up to 200 pages in memory, in case the input tray is empty when a fax comes in. You can store up to 80 speed dial numbers or send a broadcast fax. On the flip side, the OfficeJet 4315 also has a junk-fax barrier to block unwanted broadcast faxes coming from someone else. The Canon MP450 offers more options within each function, such as allowing for 2-to-1 or 4-to-1 printing or printing photos from a photo index sheet, though it lacks fax capability. SpeedThe HP OfficeJet 4315 is not a stellar performer, either in speed or quality. It prints text pages at 4.14 pages per minute (ppm), and 4x6 photos at 0.49ppm. Scans are slow, too: it scans grayscale at 1.66ppm and color at 1.63ppm. Both the Lexmark X3350 and the Canon Pixma MP450 are faster at all these tasks. The only exception was copying: the OfficeJet 4315 was a speedy copier, with a rate of 5.08ppm.
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